Forecasting of the Montreal Subway Smart Card Entry Logs with Event Data

Abstract

One of the major goals of transport operators is to adapt the transport supply scheduling to the passenger demand for existing transport networks during each specific period. Another problem mentioned by operators is accurately estimating the demand for disposable ticket or pass to adapt ticket availability to passenger demand. In this context, we propose generic data shaping, allowing the use of well-known regression models (basic, statistical and machine learning models) for the long-term forecasting of passenger demand with fine-grained temporal resolution. Specifically, this paper investigates the forecasting until one year ahead of the number of passengers entering each station of a transport network with a quarter-hour aggregation by taking planned events into account (e.g., concerts, shows, and so forth). To compare the models and the quality of the prediction, we use a real smart card and event data set from the city of Montréal, Canada, that span a three-year period with two years for training and one year for testing.

arXiv comment18 pages, 13 figures, 7 tables

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